They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I was trying to get the slightly more cinematic version of my relationship with my mom, which I think was a really common relationship. I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much. — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I would not drink bottles of water at my mom's house because I never knew how long she'd been refilling them from the sink… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in. — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate to that.… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in the moment,… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I couldn't understand her [my mother's] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite movies have explored the father-son dynamic, in a very loving way. It can be complicated, but at the end, it's… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
If something good was happening in my life, I'd call my mom to let her know. If something bad was happening, she'd be somebody… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
![“I couldn't understand her [my mother's] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my career got successful and I wanted to do things for her, she wasn't able to allow them because she just didn't work that way. It was always that. It…” quote by Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ad/dan-fogelman-34701_able_i-couldn-t-understand-her-my-mother-s-wi_1392662.jpg)
